Women's Golf

Invitational Tournament at Pine Hills

BEREA, OHIO -- The Baldwin-Wallace College women's golf team will host its annual spring invitational tournament at the Pine Hills Golf Course in Hinckley, Ohio this Saturday and Sunday, April 24-25.

For more information on the B-W Yellow Jacket Tournament, please log onto the B-W InterNet Web Site at www.bw.edu/athletics  or log onto the tournament Web Site at www.bw.edu/athletics/wg/sched/yellowjacketinvite/ . Teams participating include B-W, Otterbein College, Wilmington College, Ohio Northern University, Capital University, Mount Union College, Washington & Jefferson (Pa.) College, Walsh University, Wittenberg University and John Carroll University. The first tee time on Friday is at 11:38 a.m. and the last group tees off at 1:54 p.m. On Sunday, the first tee time is at 10:58 a.m.

The Yellow Jacket women are coming off of the two best tournament showings this spring in the past two weeks when they placed second at the seven-team ONU Lady Polar Bear Invitational Tournament on April 8 in Ada, and last weekend, the B-W women won the nine-team Mt. Union Invitational at the Pleasant View Golf Course in Paris, Ohio.

At the Mt. Union tourney, the Yellow Jackets carded a two-day, 36-hole team total of 690 (349-341) strokes placing them ahead of OAC rival Otterbein by one stroke. Individually for the Yellow Jackets, freshman Kylee Ehinger (Roanoke, Ind./Bishop Luers) led the way by carding a two-day total of 167 strokes, including a season and team-low 81 on the second day. Following Ehinger, were fellow freshmen Tara Wetherelt (Stockton, Calif./ Franklin) with a two-day total of 172 (86-86) strokes and Sarah Hacker (New Albany, Ind/Our Lady of Providence) with 175 (88-87) strokes on the par 72, 5,800-yard layout. In addition, sophomore All-Ohio Athletic Conference players Lauren Buckner (Westlake) and Emily Scheetz (Canton/ Perry) had totals of 176 (99-87) and 182 (91-91), respectively to round out the top five B-W players.

After four tournaments and seven rounds of 18 holes this spring, Wetherelt tops the squad in stroke average at 88.8 strokes per 18 holes. Ehinger and Buckner are tied for second at 93.57 strokes. Scheetz is fourth at 94.71 and is followed by Hacker at 95.14 and freshman Kelly Gallaway (Ashland Senior) at 97.25 strokes. Other team members include seniors Lindsay Light (Ft. Wayne, Ind./ Concordia Lutheran) and Karissa Kusick (Chicora, Pa./ Karns City) and junior Sarah Todd (Seneca, Pa./ Cranberry).

"We have been constantly improving all spring, and the way we played at both ONU and Mt. Union proves it," said second-year Head Coach Jim Meyer. "Our tournament should offer another excellent challenge for our young team. All year, we have battled with Otterbein and Wilmington. This tournament is also just a week before the OAC Championships. It should be fun to watch our kids grow some more.

We are excited to play Pine Hills," said Meyer. "It offers an excellent challenge for all styles of golfer. It is a public course that reminds many of a country club."

The 2004 Ohio Athletic Conference Championship Tournament will be held on Thursday and Friday, April 29-30 at the Little Turtle Country Club in Greater Columbus. Capital University is the host school. For more information on the OAC Tournament, you can either call Capital Sports Information Director Leonard Reich at 614-236-6174, FAX him at 614-236-6178, e-mail him at lreich@capital.edu or log onto the OAC Women's Golf Championships Web Site at www.capitalcrusaders.net/04oacwgolf.htm.

FOR MORE B-W SPORTS INFORMATION, please contact SID Kevin Ruple by telephone at 440-826-2327, by FAX Machine at 440-826-2329 or via e-mail at kruple@bw.edu. To contact women's golf coach Jim Meyer, please call him in his office at 440-826-3839 or e-mail him at jimeyer@bw.edu.